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Hollyberry kingdom; bathed in the glorious sun during the day, and rests underneath the shimmering stars at night. There is no time of day or night that the kingdom of romance does not cease to amaze, every so often however, there's a marvelous spectacle no cookie who has had the pleasure of witnessing could ever forget. The queen mother; Hollyberry cookie duking it out with the legendary greenish-red dragon; Pitaya Dragon cookie in the nearby forest.
Their battles are like a show to only each others eyes, never once lacking passion or ferocity, its a sight that feels almost intimate, like at that moment they only see each other, to them- sparring is no act of hatred or ill intent, but an act of passion and a labor of their friendship.
The thundering Sounds of a sword and shield colliding cut in between deafening yells and booming roars. it could be heard all throughout the Hollyberry forest and beyond. The match seemed to go on for what seemed like days on days, which in the long run, was a good thing as it meant no serious injuries were dealt. The battle sounds slowed shortly after sunset in a clearing made by the two fighting, Hollyberry and Pitaya dragon cookie can be seen laying diagonal from each other on the forest ground, panting, occasionally sharing a glance with each other.
Hollyberry sits up whilst slightly leaning against her shield, surveying any possible damage done
'nothing severe luckily, my doughs intact apart from a few gashes and scratches!' she thought to herself, although still contemplating seeing a healer once she returns to her kingdom.
The pink cookie turns around to see if her sparring companion was in any worse condition than she is; pitaya dragon cookie seemed to be in good condition if not for a slight concussion due to multiple hits from the shield. Pitaya dragon cookie stands up and shakes any dirt and grass and debris off of themselves while hollyberry chuckles in the background
"are you alright old friend? I didnt go too harsh on ya this time I hope!" hollyberry jokes to the dragon,
pitaya dragon chuckles to themself as they happily reply while holding their arm up, flexing it slightly "oh of courssse not Hollyberry! Im in almost perfect ssshape despite a couple of scratchesss,,,and perhaps a sssmall concussion." Walking over to Holly berry, pitaya dragon cookie extends their clawed hand towards her
"how are you holding up, Holly” they ask with a warm smile
“holly? my Goodness that’s quite different to the usual “little cookie” nicknames you give me!” Holly swiftly jokes, pondering about what brought the sudden nickname on; she then continues and assures the dragon that she is in no way seriously harmed “im practically in tip top shape!! No broken bones or nothin! Just a couple of gashes, bruises and scratches!!”.
It takes a while for pitaya dragon cookie to notice what they’re doing, pitaya has been,,,just standing there, staring at hollyberry quite absently, while holding her hand; It isnt until hollyberry cookie starts waving her hand in front of their face that they snap out of it. “p..aya….kie…Pitaya Dragon cookie!! Goodness! Youre so out of it today! Are you sure you don’t need to see a healer? I’m quite worried hehe!” Hollyberry calls out, despite the worried look on her face she cant help but chuckle about the strangeness of Pitayas behaviour, its endearing to say the least, to see a “vicious merciless dragon” seem so…enamoured by her mere presence. Snapping back to reality pitaya dragon cookie widens their eyes in surprise hearing hollyberry cookies response to their unexpected notion
“A-ah! Yess! Im fine! No need to worry!” Pitaya chirps back, swiftly taking back their hand from hollyberry’s. Pitaya dragon looks away, with their cheeks slightly flushed “let’ssss,, just get you back to your kingdom! come, I’ll fly you back to sssave you from walking through the foresst” it suggests before returning to their dragon form and lowering their head so hollyberry can climb on. Hollyberry stands there for a second, still in awe of the dragon; it seems no matter how many times she witnesses them turn into their dragon form, the experience never fails to amaze her. After a brief struggle to climb on, she settles in between their two larger most prominent horns atop its head and takes a moment to observe and appreciate the view from atop of the mighty dragon ‘what a view…so beautiful seeing everything from up here..’ She thinks to herself before giving a quick and firm tap or two to signal that she’s ready to go.
Whilst patiently waiting for any sign that hollyberry was in a spot that won’t get thrown off, Pitaya dragon cookie can’t help but think, holding hollyberry’s hand wasn’t so bad, its not like she tried to pull away, so its not like she hated it…right? They most certainly didn’t, it was…quite nice actually. Pitaya dragon cookie doesn’t usually enjoy other cookies touch outside of fighting, but with Hollyberry cookie, it feels, different, her dough is, quite soft to the touch, despite how battle ridden she tends to be when the two are together. a light couple of taps on the head pulls them out of thought, Pitaya gets up and prepares to lift off, they briskly ask Hollyberry cookie if she’s ready to go and hollyberry responds with a chipper “lets go home old friend!”.
A shockwave goes through the surrounding forest as Pitaya dragon flies off, they ensure its not too rough a lift off as not to knock the little cookie on its head off, though they weren’t expecting any screams during the flight from the berry cookie, they definitely did not expect,, laughter, sat between its horns was Hollyberry, seemingly having the time of her life, as well as clinging on to one of its horns, there she was giggling, laughing and exclaiming like this was the best thing in the world. Pitaya couldn’t help but grin to itself listening to the cookie sound so happy.
Upon reaching the castle, before landing Pitaya dragon cookie reverts back to their cookie form, expertly catching Hollyberry in their arms as not to let her fall. Hollyberry was in no way expecting this however and lands in the dragons arms with a face of shock, and possibly confusion, before bursting into laughter as the red and green cookie makes a landing out front of the palace gates. As she’s about to head in for some much needed berry juice and medical care, she turns to notice the dragon isn’t following her in “you should stay the night! we’ve arrived quite late and you must be hungry! So please! Stay the night and enjoy a mighty hollyberrian feast old friend!” She insists politely, gesturing to the dragon to come inside.